Donald K. Depue

Donald K. DePue, 85, formerly of La Grande, died April 3 at the Good Samaritan Center Nursing Home in Hermiston.

Disposition was by cremation. Inurnment of remains will be at the Union Cemetery at a later date.

Known as Don, he was born Feb. 23, 1922, to William Robert and Ina Grace (Harding) DePue in Hartington, Neb.

Don joined the Army during World War II and served in the European Theater. After the war, he moved with his brother to La Grande, where he worked at Safeway as a meat cutter.

On Sept. 25, 1951, he married Venita LaRose Cross in La Grande. They moved to Hermiston in 1959, where he worked at Safeway and then at Stewart's Market until he retired in 1985.

Don was a member of the Oregon Retail Butchers Union Local 555. He enjoyed woodworking and built his family's home in Hermiston. He volunteered for many years for the Boy Scouts of America and the Campfire Girls.

Survivors include his wife of 55 years, Venita DePue of Hermiston; daughters, Cherie Marston of Kennewick, Wash., Kenda Christian of Pasco, Wash., and Kaye Magula of Benton City, Wash.; and five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his siblings, Bob DePue, Lucille Klanderud and Betty Lou DePue.